Every word of God that is written in the Bible contains the knowledge, ສະຕິປັນຍາ, ແລະຊີວິດຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ. God’s Word is the truth and reveals a.o. the secrets of the Kingdom of God, ພະຕິງານຂອງພະວິນຍານ, ຄວາມປະສົງຂອງພະເຈົ້າ, ດີແລະຊົ່ວ, ພຣະຄຣິດ, the dominion and inheritance of the sons of God (ຊາຍແລະຍິງ), and how every son of God should walk on earth. Jesus is the living Word of God and everyone, ຜູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ກາຍເປັນການສ້າງໃຫມ່ໃນພຣະຄຣິດ, should become like Jesus. Therefore God’s Word is a Mirror for the new creation; ຜູ້ຊາຍຄົນໃຫມ່, who is created in Jesus Christ after the image of God and in whom the Spirit of God dwells.
God’s Word is the express image of God
ພຣະເຈົ້າ, ຜູ້ທີ່ຢູ່ໃນຊ່ວງເວລາສັ້ນໆ ແລະໃນລັກສະນະທີ່ຫຼາກຫຼາຍໄດ້ເວົ້າໃນອະດີດກັບບັນພະບຸລຸດໂດຍສາດສະດາ, ໃນຍຸກສຸດທ້າຍນີ້ໄດ້ກ່າວກັບພວກເຮົາໂດຍພຣະບຸດຂອງພຣະອົງ, Whom He hath appointed Heir of all things, ໂດຍພຣະອົງຊົງສ້າງໂລກນີ້ດ້ວຍ; ຜູ້ທີ່ເປັນຄວາມສະຫວ່າງຂອງລັດສະຫມີພາບຂອງພຣະອົງ, ແລະຮູບພາບທີ່ສະແດງອອກຂອງບຸກຄົນຂອງພຣະອົງ, ແລະ ສະໜັບສະໜູນທຸກສິ່ງໂດຍພຣະຄຳແຫ່ງອຳນາດຂອງພຣະອົງ, ໃນ ເວ ລາ ທີ່ ພຣະ ອົງ ໄດ້ ດ້ວຍ ຕົນ ເອງ ຊໍາ ລະ ບາບ ຂອງ ພວກ ເຮົາ, ນັ່ງຢູ່ເບື້ອງຂວາຂອງພະລາດຊະວັງຢູ່ເທິງສູງ; ຖືກເຮັດໃຫ້ດີກ່ວາເທວະດາຫຼາຍ, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent Name than they (ເຮັບເຣີ 1:1-4)
God’s Word is the express image of God and is the only tangible source of truth from God on earth. ພຣະເຢຊູເປັນພຣະຄໍາທີ່ມີຊີວິດຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ, who came in the flesh, ໃນ ຄວາມຄ້າຍຄືກັນຂອງມະນຸດ, ສູ່ແຜ່ນດິນໂລກ. ພະເຍຊູສະແດງໃຫ້ເຮົາເຫັນສະແດງໃຫ້ເຫັນພວກເຮົາ, how the new creation; the new man ought to walk on earth.
ຄືກັນກັບພຣະເຢຊູ; the living Word represented God and His will and was the express Image of the Father, the new creation represents Jesus Christ and ຄວາມປະສົງຂອງພຣະອົງ, which is also the will of the Father and is the express image of the Father and Jesus Christ; His Word on earth. Since the new creation is created after the ຮູບພາບຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ (ຈອນ 1:5, ຊາວໂລມັນ 8:29, 2 ໂກລິນໂທ 4:4, ເອເຟໂຊ 4:24, ໂຄໂລຊາຍ 1:15, ເຮັບເຣີ 1:1-4).
Through the process of sanctification and the ການຕໍ່ອາຍຸຂອງຈິດໃຈຂອງທ່ານ with the Word and by being a doer of the Word, you shall be the express image of Jesus; the Word on earth. Because the Word is the Mirror of the new man.
The Word reveals, ເຈົ້າເປັນໃຜໃນພຣະຄຣິດ, your new nature, your inheritance in Him, how you take possession of your inheritance and live and walk in the dominion of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God as a son of God on earth, what you can expect in life as a son of God and things that will happen in the future.
All these secrets of God, which are hidden for the unspiritual soulish man, are revealed in Jesus Christ; the Word of God to the spiritual new man; ບຸດຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ.
Focused on the provisions of God
ແຕ່ໂຊກແລ້ວ, many Christians are not aware of that and don’t consider the Bible that way. To many Christians, the Bible is nothing more than a religious history Book with all kinds of laws and rules, that the majority of people don’t like. Many have inherited and adopted the faith of their parents and based their faith on what is preached every Sunday in the church. They don’t really know the Bible themselves and what the purpose of the Bible ແມ່ນ. ໃຫ້ເຂົາເຈົ້າ, their faith is more of a tradition than a way of life.
They say they believe in Jesus Christ and claim to be Christians, but their words and their works say something else.
Because they don’t speak the words and truth of God, ຄືພຣະເຢຊູ. They don’t live in obedience to God, like Christ, and don’t preach the gospel and call the people to repentance and do the same works as Christ. But they are carnal and are led by the flesh and speak the words of the world and do the same works as the world and deny the words of the Bible.
Then there are Christians, who use the Bible and the Scriptures only for their own prosperity and ‘the (ອຸປະກອນ) blessings of God’. They are only focused on the provisions of God and use the Scriptures in the Bible as mantra’s in their lives, to get what they desire and want. But that is not the purpose of God’s Word.
As written before in the article, ‘ຄວາມເຊື່ອທາງວິຊາການ', Gods Word is not a magic book that you only grab and use when you want something and use the scriptures as a formula.
God’s Word is so much more than that.
The engrafted Word of God
ພວກເຈົ້າໄດ້ເຫັນຈິດວິນຍານຂອງທ່ານໄດ້ຮັບການບໍລິສຸດໃນການເຊື່ອຟັງຄວາມຈິງໂດຍຜ່ານພຣະວິນຍານຈົນເຖິງຄວາມຮັກຂອງພີ່ນ້ອງ, ເຫັນວ່າທ່ານຮັກຊຶ່ງກັນແລະກັນດ້ວຍຄວາມຈິງໃຈຢ່າງຈິງຈັງ: ການເກີດໃຫມ່, ບໍ່ແມ່ນຂອງເມັດທີ່ເສື່ອມຊາມ, ແຕ່ວ່າການລະມັດລະວັງ, ໂດຍພຣະຄໍາຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ, ເຊິ່ງມີຊີວິດຢູ່ແລະອາໃສຢູ່ຕະຫຼອດໄປ (1 ເປໂຕ 1:22-23)
The words of God are like spiritual seeds, which should be planted in the lives of the new man. When you take the words of God and obey His words and walk in His words and become a doer of His words, you walk in faith in the truth, ແສງສະຫວ່າງ, ແລະຊີວິດ. Only the planted word in the new man is able to keep souls and to save souls.
Depending on the soil, wherein the seed is planted, the seed shall strike root, germinate, grow and bear fruit, or the root will dry up and die (ອ່ານນຳ: ສີ່ປະເພດຂອງຜູ້ເຊື່ອຖື).
Not hearers only, but doers of the Word
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. ສໍາລັບຖ້າມີຜູ້ໃດເປັນຜູ້ຟັງ, ແລະບໍ່ແມ່ນຜູ້ປະຕິບັດ, ລາວເປັນຄືກັບຜູ້ຊາຍທີ່ເບິ່ງຫນ້າທໍາມະຊາດຂອງລາວໃນແກ້ວ: ເພາະລາວຊັງຕົວເອງ, ແລະໄປທາງລາວ, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. ແຕ່ຜູ້ທີ່ເບິ່ງເຂົ້າໄປໃນກົດຫມາຍເສລີພາບທີ່ສົມບູນແບບ, ແລະສືບຕໍ່ຢູ່ໃນນັ້ນ, ລາວບໍ່ແມ່ນຜູ້ຟັງທີ່ລືມ, ແຕ່ຜູ້ໃຫ້ບໍລິການຂອງວຽກງານ, ຊາຍຄົນນີ້ຈະໄດ້ຮັບພອນໃນການກະທໍາຂອງລາວ (ເຈ 1:22-25)
ພຣະຄໍາເວົ້າວ່າ, ວ່າຜູ້ທີ່, who are only hearers of the words of God and not doers, mislead themselves and are like unto a man, who behold his natural face in the mirror and go his way and straightway forget what manner of man he was.
The hearers of the Word forget, who they are in Christ through regeneration, what the ຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ ແມ່ນ, and the authority and power, God has given to the new creation.
Although they listen to the words of God every Sunday in church and hear about salvation, ໃໍລາຍ, ການຟື້ນຟູ, the position and inheritance of the new creations, ແລະຄວາມປະສົງຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ, they don’t do anything with this knowledge.
They may have a lot of head-knowledge of the Bible, but because they don’t speak the words and truth of God and don’t put their Bible knowledge into practice, but instead speak and be doers of the words of the world and live according to the truth, ຄວາມຮູ້, ແລະປັນຍາຂອງໂລກ, they deceive themselves and remain the ການສ້າງເກົ່າ, who lives in bondage to the world (ອານາຈັກແຫ່ງຄວາມມືດ (ອ່ານນຳ: ຜູ້ຟັງທຽບກັບຜູ້ປະຕິບັດ).
They stay ignorant and don’t know, who they are as the spiritual man in Christ and what position and spiritual authority they have in Christ on earth.
God’s Word is a Mirror for the new man
When you wake up in the morning and get ready for the day, do you leave the house without looking in the mirror? Do you arrive at your work or school without looking in the mirror? ປາກົດຂື້ນບໍ່.
ແຕ່ແຕ່ໂຊກບໍ່ດີ, there are many, who start their day without the Word and without spending time with the Father.
But the new man is born of God and longs to spend time together with the Father in the Word. The new man listens to the words of God, yield himself to God and His words, and speaks and does the words of God.
ຜູ້ຊາຍຄົນໃຫມ່, who walks after the Spirit is not double-minded and is not schizophrenic. He doesn’t go back and forth and is not one moment the new man and the other moment the old man.
Because although the gospel and the message have been adjusted throughout the years, after you are born again, it is still not the intention to raise the flesh from the dead. Because the flesh has been crucified in Christ and no longer lives.
The new man shall not walk after the flesh and shall not believe the lies of man, who are influenced and controlled by the kingdom of darkness.
But the new man shall walk after the Spirit in the truth of the law of liberty and shall expose and disprove the lies of the world with the truth of God’s Word.
ສໍາລັບຫລາຍໆຄົນທີ່ໄດ້ເຮັດບາບໂດຍບໍ່ມີກົດຫມາຍກໍ່ຈະຈິບຫາຍໂດຍບໍ່ມີກົດຫມາຍ: and as many, as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; (ເພາະວ່າບໍ່ແມ່ນຜູ້ຟັງຂອງກົດຫມາຍແມ່ນຢູ່ຕໍ່ຫນ້າພຣະເຈົ້າ, ແຕ່ຜູ້ປະຕິບັດຕາມກົດຫມາຍຈະຖືກຕ້ອງ (ຊາວໂລມັນ 2: 12-13)
O wratched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body if this death? ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຂໍຂອບໃຈພຣະເຈົ້າຜ່ານພຣະເຢຊູຄຣິດພຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າຂອງພວກເຮົາ. ສະນັ້ນຫຼັງຈາກນັ້ນກັບຈິດໃຈ, ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າເອງຮັບໃຊ້ກົດຫມາຍຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ; ແຕ່ກັບເນື້ອຫນັງຂອງກົດຫມາຍຂອງບາບ. ສະນັ້ນດຽວນີ້ບໍ່ມີການກ່າວໂທດໃດໆຕໍ່ພວກເຂົາທີ່ຢູ່ໃນພຣະເຢຊູຄຣິດ, ຜູ້ທີ່ຍ່າງບໍ່ໄດ້ຫຼັງຈາກເນື້ອຫນັງ, ແຕ່ຫລັງຈາກພຣະວິນຍານ. ສໍາລັບກົດຫມາຍຂອງຈິດຕະກອນໃນຊີວິດໃນພຣະເຢຊູຄຣິດໄດ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າພົ້ນຈາກກົດຫມາຍຂອງບາບແລະຄວາມຕາຍ. ສໍາລັບສິ່ງທີ່ກົດຫມາຍທີ່ບໍ່ສາມາດເຮັດໄດ້, ໃນນັ້ນມັນອ່ອນແອຜ່ານເນື້ອຫນັງ, ພຣະເຈົ້າໄດ້ສົ່ງພຣະບຸດຂອງພຣະອົງເອງໃນລັກສະນະຂອງເນື້ອຫນັງບາບ, ແລະສໍາລັບບາບ, ຕໍານິຕິຕຽນບາບໃນເນື້ອຫນັງ: ວ່າຄວາມຊອບທໍາຂອງກົດຫມາຍອາດຈະສໍາເລັດໃນສະຫະລັດ, ຜູ້ທີ່ຍ່າງບໍ່ໄດ້ຫຼັງຈາກເນື້ອຫນັງ, ແຕ່ຫລັງຈາກພຣະວິນຍານ. ສໍາລັບພວກເຂົາທີ່ມີຫຼັງຈາກເນື້ອຫນັງຄິດເຖິງສິ່ງຂອງເນື້ອຫນັງ; ແຕ່ພວກເຂົານັ້ນແມ່ນຫລັງຈາກພຣະວິນຍານຂອງພຣະວິນຍານ (ຊາວໂລມັນ 7:24-8:5)
The new man shall always look in the Mirror of God’s Word and look in the perfect law of liberty. And by applying the words of God in his life, he shall walk in the truth and be blessed in his deed.
He shall know, who he is in Christ and what he looks like. When he goes out, he shall not forget who he is as the new creation, and he shall not walk as the old creation among the people. But he shall still know who he is and what he looks like.
Wherever he is and wherever he goes, he shall walk as the new man and speak and act in the truth and authority of the Word and the power of the Holy Spirit.
‘ຈົ່ງເປັນເກືອຂອງແຜ່ນດິນໂລກ’
